Certificate in Digital News Management

The increasing uptake of the internet globally has seen a corresponding rise in its use as a publishing tool. With this, the centuries-old traditional media landscape has witnessed a shift in both methods of delivery and a democratization of publishing power.

To a large extent however, the processes, values and ethics that have been a part of the industry for centuries have not been passed on with the same rapid pace leading to abuses of the responsibilities that come with publishing and a marked difference in quality of output.

As online news media begin to gain dominance and their impact grows stronger, the need to ensure that that same ability is executed with professional responsibility has never been greater.

In addition, the characteristics of the audience that consume news online are somewhat different, shaped by the nature of the technology and the new culture of its users. This presupposes therefore that additional skills are required by professionals whose knowledge has been shaped by academic and field experience suited for traditional platforms.

OBJECTIVE

The Digital News Media Project (DNMP) is an International Institute of Journalism (IIJ) -certified course, conceptualized to create a generation of online content creation professionals who will learn and apply the required skills for quality and ethical online content generation and distribution. It is designed to enhance the practical skills of personnel operating within newsrooms of whether strictly online platforms or traditional media houses with online editions (which are gradually becoming stand alone editions too these days) or corporate organizations that generate content for their owned media platforms.

DNMP will address knowledge, professional and ethical gaps with a view to improving the overall quality of digital news and information production and distribution.

The DNMP course is designed for 3 (three) different categories

Content producers

Supervisors

Top management

The course for content producers is held at the training facility below:

IBI CENTRE

DISCOVERY MALL,

215 ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA CRESCENT,

WUSE 2, ABUJA

FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA.

The courses for supervisors and executives are executed on special demand at clients' premises.

The DNMP for content producers will be held from November 24 - 26, 2016. The cost for this course per participant is N35,000 (Thirty-five thousand naira) only. Participants will get an International Institute of Journalism Certificate in Digital News Management at the end of the course.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

Information officers of corporate organisations and NGOs

Newsroom managers and producers who want to get familiar with convergent journalism

News managers and producers working in print media houses that are building standalone digital editions